[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 213 (Friday, December 29, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H7013]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Chaplain Paul Anderson, Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, Columbia, 
Maryland, offered the following prayer:
  To the God of all creation, those who instituted sound, tone, rhythm, 
and harmony, we give You thanks for the bounty, the purpose, and the 
mission of America.
  From the pulpit of our plenty, we pray to be used by You as 
instruments of peace in zones of conflict and insufficiency.
  May the deliberations here shift from the cacophony of partisanship. 
Rather, we pray, O God, that You would make this place a center of 
harmonic convergence from which a symphony of responsible, visionary, 
compassionate, and inspirational leadership will emanate and circle the 
globe like the rings of Saturn.
  May we be for the world a cornerstone, if not a pillar or platform, 
of a more perfect Union, a Republic that still includes equity, 
justice, accountability, personal responsibility, and more power to the 
people, locally, nationally, and universally.
  Amen.

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